6.5. Policies

Policies are a set of clear expectations and describe the strategy your club use to address particular conditions and regulations.

The goal of policies is to convey your club’s culture and standard.

Policies can include information on:

• Expectations within the Club
• Establishes the guidelines towards strategies.
• Link between an a Club or Branch’s vision, values and day-to-day operations. identify key activities
• Support decision making and adhering to the Club constitution & regulations
• What the local community can expect from the Club
  

Good policies are more than just a list of rules. It should show clubs the purpose behind their roles and responsibilities and provide ways to review and measure success.
Policies should be specific to an issue or area of concern, include policy statements that are concise descriptions of the whole policy, and should be readily available to all members (it’s NOT a how-to document for following the rules — that’s a procedure that can be part of a policy).

SLSA and SLSQ Policies are located:

SLSQ Policies – SLSQ Lifesaving Member Hub
SLSA Policies – SLS Member Area Document Library